Articles by Edan Lepucki

September 1, 2010

Reading and Race: On Slavery in Fiction 3

As a white reader, I’m simultaneously made to understand the experience of slavery, and I also must wrestle with how I’m implicated in that past.

August 31, 2010

Books, A.K.A., Tree Sandwiches 0

Celebrate the 2010 Melbourne Literary Festival–going on now through September 5th–by watching this funny promo video, “10 Facts about Books That You Won’t Read in a Book About Books”.

August 28, 2010

Appearing Elsewhere 0

In anticipation of their 30 Below Story Contest, Narrative Magazine is highlighting work published on their site by writers under 30.  Today my story, “I am the Lion Now,” has been added to the list.

August 20, 2010

Robert Englund, Reader 0

Want to know what what Freddy Krueger’s reading?  On his Twitter feed, actor (and author!) Robert Englund reports his favorite reads.  Recently:  A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan and The Singer’s Gun by The Millions contributor Emily St. John Mandel.

August 20, 2010

Elizabeth Gilbert’s Ex-Husband Can also Write a Memoir 0

The former Mrs. Elizabeth Gilbert–that is, Michael Cooper, the husband Gilbert left at the opening of Eat Pray Love, has apparently written a book about his life after their divorce.  Will it ever be published?

August 20, 2010

Mr. Rochester is a Creep: A List 24

Charlotte and Emily Brontё were deeply weird, and they (or, okay, their protagonists) were into some deeply weird men.